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Research in Freetown

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Sierra Leone and Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute.

Research institutions
6
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.1k
▲ 89% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
9.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Freetown

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Freetown?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Sierra LeoneUniversity 1,444 #4,316
2Sierra Leone Agricultural Research InstituteResearch facility 249 #19,662
3Ministry of Health and SanitationGovernment institution 102 not ranked
4Ministry of DefenceGovernment institution 6 not ranked
5National HIV/AIDS SecretariatGovernment institution 4 not ranked
6The Environmental Foundation for AfricaInstitution 3 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Sierra Leone: 79.9%Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute: 13.8%Ministry of Health and Sanitation: 5.6%Ministry of Defence: 0.3%2 others listed: 0.4%80%largest
University of Sierra Leone1,444 · 79.9%Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute249 · 13.8%Ministry of Health and Sanitation102 · 5.6%Ministry of Defence6 · 0.3%2 others listed7 · 0.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Freetown work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Freetown is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Social Sciences (21%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 392 fractional works · 45.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 178 fractional works · 20.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 53 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEducation: 23 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopment: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Administration: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 96 fractional works · 11.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 67 fractional works · 7.8% of its workFinance: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 74 fractional works · 8.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAccounting: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 243 fractional works · 28.4% of its workMedicine: 189 fractional works · 22.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 38 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 33 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 30 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEpidemiology: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 40 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 23 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 129 fractional works · 15.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 45 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 32 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInformation Systems: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 94 fractional works · 10.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 61 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPlant Science: 25 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFreetown858fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences46%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences17820.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance9611.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting748.7%
    4. Psychology222.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities121.4%
    6. Decision Sciences111.2%
    1. Medicine18922.0%
    2. Health Professions404.6%
    3. Nursing131.5%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Environmental Science455.2%
    2. Computer Science323.7%
    3. Engineering273.2%
    4. Mathematics111.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.5%
    6. Energy30.3%
    7. Chemistry20.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    9. Materials Science20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences617.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology151.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology141.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    5. Neuroscience10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Freetown?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Fiscal Policy, Governance, Vaccine, Maternal Mortality, Epidemiology, Institutional Quality and Community Health Workers.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology59▲ 1.73×74 topics
  2. Economic Growth59▲ 8.4×19 topics
  3. Fiscal Policy37▲ 21×6 topics
  4. Globalization35▲ 2.1×39 topics
  5. Public Health33▲ 2.6×38 topics
  6. Governance30▲ 11×7 topics
  7. Vaccine30▲ 8.8×10 topics
  8. Maternal Mortality28▲ 15×5 topics
  9. Immune Response28▲ 5.7×12 topics
  10. Institutional Quality26▲ 29×2 topics
  11. Community Health Workers26▲ 35×2 topics
  12. Health Inequalities26▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Pathogenesis26▲ 5.9×18 topics
  14. Poverty Reduction25▲ 23×5 topics
  15. Child Mortality25▲ 40×1 topic
  16. Health Systems25▲ 40×1 topic
  17. Risk Management24▲ 6.0×8 topics
  18. Infectious Diseases22▲ 7.8×8 topics
  19. Regulation21▲ 4.6×8 topics
  20. Transmission20▲ 41×3 topics
  21. Outbreak19▲ 59×2 topics
  22. Ebola Virus18▲ 77×1 topic
  23. Reservoirs18▲ 77×1 topic
  24. ICT18▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Regional Development18▲ 6.3×6 topics
  26. Monetary Policy18▲ 9.0×7 topics
  27. Corruption17▲ 13×5 topics
  28. Inequality17▲ 8.5×4 topics
  29. Finance16▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Taxation16▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Global Health16▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Income Tax16▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Infrastructure16▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Government Expenditure16▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Public Investment16▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Inclusive Development16▲ 42×2 topics
  37. Knowledge Economy16▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Mobile Phones15▲ 39×1 topic
  39. financial access15▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Financial Stability14▲ 8.5×6 topics

What research is done in Freetown?

Global Maternal and Child Health: 21 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 17 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…15Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 15 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…14Economic Growth and Development: 14 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 10 fractional worksTaxation and Compliance Studies: 10 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…9Child Nutrition and Water Access: 9 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 8 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 8 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Economic Impact: 7 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesEconomics and EconometricsInformation Systems5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 21 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 17 works
  3. 3 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  4. 4 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 14 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 10 works
  6. 6 Taxation and Compliance Studies Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 9 works
  8. 8 International Development and Aid Development 8 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 8 works
  10. 10 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 7 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Freetown16.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 34.0% in 2018.

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